Heat-distributing attachment for stoves.



M. S. G. HARTMANN. HEAT DISTRIBUTING ATTACHMENT ron s'rovns. APPLIGATION FILED 8321224, 1913.

1,101,926. Patented June 30, 1914.

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- Specification of Letters Yatent.

. Patented June 30.1914.

Application filed September 24, 1913. Serial No. 791,501.

To all wh 0mit may concern Be it known that I, MARY C. HART-.-

uaxx, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Heat-Distributing Attachments for Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment which is especially adapted for gas stoves in which the heat is produced by a burner.

It consists of a flat, hollow drum of considerable area, the lower face of which has an opening through which the heat from the burner may pass, and the upper plate has a series of holes for cooking or heating situated at sufficient distances apart and substantially at equal distances from the burner center. Adistri'buting plate is fixed havin arms corresponding with the spaces beneat the top lateand in a line above the burner so that eat distributed thereby will be directed to each of the openings and thus utilize the heat of the single burner for several operations. Covers are turnably or otherwise attached to close one or more of the openings at will.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanyingz drawings, in which-- igure 1 is a perspective view of my de vice. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a pirspective view of the distributing plate.-

y device consists of'a hollow drum comprising a top plate A, a bottom plate B, and the closed sides C. In the bottom plate is .made a central opening 2 in conjunction with which the 'burner 3 is located.

In the top plate is a series of openin 4 adapted to receive utensils of any desired character; these openings being situated a sufiicient distance apart to allow the vessels to be placed upon them without interfering with each other. Above the center of the as burner is fixed a distributing plate 5 aving arms extending outwardl' beneath the top plate and against this the eat from the burner will strike and will be diverted between the arms so as to rise directly a ainst the openin 4 in the top plate. The p ate 5 is of circu ar .form and is attached so that it may at its center to the top plate A, the plate having peripheral cut-out portions to provide the aforementioned arms. Each arm has a finger5 extending upwardly from its outer or free end, the free ends of the fingers abutting the under face of the top plate A to prevent the heat Warping the plate .5. I

- am thus enabled to distribute the heat evenly and to direct the heat of the single burner be utilized at'each or any of the holes in t e top plate. It serves to cook food placed over either of'theopenings or it may serve as a heater to keep a number of dishes warm until they are to be used.

' 6- represents a cover of any suitable description; It is preferably pivoted at one edge so that it can be turned to expose the opening to which it appertains or to close that opening if less openings are needed than the number in this plate. The depth of the drum is preferably about one inch dimensions. I The burner is placed at the desired distance belowjand with relation to thegopenin at the bottom to obtainthe best results an distribution of the heat.

Having thus described my invention,'-,what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination with a drum having a top, a bottom and closed sides, the bottom havin a central aperture adapted to be broug t to register with a source of heat and the top having a series of spacedopenings disposed radially of said bottom opening, a heat deflector plate composed of a disk having peripheral cut -out portions whichregister with the inner sides of said openings of the top plate, the material between the plate cut-out portions providing arms which extend in the spaces between the respective series of openings of the drum top, and a finger on each arm extending up therefrom and contacting with the under face of the drum top. i

2. In combination with a drum having a top, a bottom and closed sides, the bottom havin a central aperture adapted to be broug t to register with a source of heat and the top having a series of spaced openings disposed radially of said bottom opening, a heat d flector plate composed of a disk havm 3510mm mg peripbaml cu'tut urizions which regmy hand. in the preshence of two subscribing ismrhwith 1132 inneg sid s ofgfad oveni fis wltnessea; of 1% e w pmamt e mmteri weilvveam e 1 v v plate cutut portions providin arms which HARTMANN 5 extend in the snaces between t e respective Witnesses;

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